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Taylor Valley,
Antarctica
Glacier Research at Portland State University
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| PSU Faculty and Staff |
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Departments:
Geology
Geography
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Dr.
Andrew G. Fountain |
Departments of Geology and Geography |
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Dr.
Christina Hulbe |
Adjunct Department of Geology |
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Hassan Basagic |
Department of Geology |
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Kristina Dick |
Department of Geology |
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| Current Graduate
students |
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Kelly Hughes |
Department of Geology |
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Justin Ohlschlager |
Department of Geology |
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Steve Wilson
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Department of Geology |
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| Local Collaborators |
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Robert Schlicting |
Cleveland High School, Portland, Oregon |
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Frank
D. Granshaw |
Portland Community
College and Artemis Science, Portland, Oregon |
National/International Reports of Interest:
National Academy of Science 2008- Understanding
and Responding to Climate Change
World
Glacier Monitoring Service 2008 - Global
Glacier Changes: facts and figures
National Academy of Science 2012 - Sea-level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future.
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Glacier Change of the American West
GIS database of Glaciers and Glacier Change in the Contiguous 48 States
We are evaluating the glacier change in the American West since the
early scientific explorations in the late 1800s. We are interested in
the spatial and temporal variations in the change and the climatic
processes that cause the change. An initial part of this effort was to
locate all the glaciers and permanent snowfields in the West, then construct a
photographic library depicting glacier extent over time.
Project web site: Glaciers
of the American West
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| Presentations |
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| Dec 2007 |
Fountain |
A
Century of Glacier Change in the American West |
American Geophysical Union |
| Apr 2007 |
Fountain |
Glacier
Change in the Pacific Northwest, Portland, OR |
Melting
Mountains Conference |
| Sep 2006 |
Basagic |
Documenting
Twentieth Century Glacier Change with Repeat Photography |
Mountain
Climate Meeting |
| Dec 2004 |
Fountain |
Glacier
Shrinkage and Effects on Alpine Hydrology |
American
Geophysical Union |
Press
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| May 2010 |
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Emboidery of Lyell Glacier Survey by Bonnie
Peterson |
Image |
| Oct 2009 |
KGW |
Winds of Change: Mount Hood Glaciers |
Video
(.divx 40mb) |
| Sep 2009 |
OPB |
A Few Western Glaciers Growing; What's Up With That? |
Audio |
| Nov 2008 |
KQED |
The
California Report: Journey to Dana Glacier |
Audio
and Video
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| Jul 2008 |
USA Today |
Glaciers on California's Mt.
Shasta keep growing |
Article
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| May 2007 |
Reno Gazette |
High and dry |
Article |
| Mar 2006 |
Oregonian |
Mount Hood meltdown |
Article |
Featured Report: Indicators of Climate Change in California (April 2009) |
Report |
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Antarctica: McMurdo Dry
Valleys Long Term Ecological Research Project
We study the mass and energy balance of the glaciers in Taylor Valley,
Antarctica. Glacier melt is the primary source of water to
the ephemeral streams
and ice-covered lakes in the valley and as such are critical to the
functioning of the
terrestrial ecosystem in this polar desert. We maintain a
program of
glacier mass balance measurements and a network of
meteorological stations.
Project web site: www.mcmlter.org |
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| Notes
from the field |
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| Exploratorium:
Glaciers and the Simple Life in
Antarctica's Dry Valleys by
M. Miller (Mar 2009) |
Video |
| Cryoconite Hole experiment: Formation of a cryoconite |
MOVIE! |
| Glen
Liston slideshow of his visit
in January 2005 (pdf format) |
Slide
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| Life
style notes from the field
team: Antarctica |
1999-2000, 2000-2001 |
| Canada Glacier Photos in Taylor Valley, Antarctica |
web
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| Photographic panoramas from each weather station! |
web page |
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Learning about Glacier
Learn more about glaciers from our educational components that include glacier simulations on glacier
flow, glacier change, and how glaciers respond to climate change.
Also, visit the education websites on glacier change for Mount Rainer
National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Upper Skagit River
Basin.
Project website: Learning
about Glaciers |
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Past Projects
| Outburst Flood
of a Glacier-dammed Lake, Kennicott Glacier, Alaska |
Project
web page |
| The
Geometry and Hydraulics of Englacial Conduits, Storglaciären,
northern Sweden |
Project web page |
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In Progress
| Justin Ohlschlager |
Glacier Area and Volume Change on Three Sisters, Oregon |
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| Kelly Hughes |
Geochemistry of water tracks, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica |
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Steve Wilson
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Glacier inventory of the Olympic
Mountains, Washington
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Completed
| Kristina Dick |
2013 |
Glacier Change of the North Cascades, Washington 1900-2009 |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Josh Heard |
2012 |
Glacial geology of Goat Rocks, Washington |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Matt Hoffman |
2010 |
Spatial and temporal variability of glacier melt in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica |
Web |
Diss. |
Journal |
| Jon
Ebnet |
2010 |
An
Energy Balance Model of Melt-water Production for Polar Glaciers in
Taylor Valley, Antarctica |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Michael
Hekkers |
2010 |
Climate
modeling of the glaciers
on Mt. Rainier, Washington |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Adam
Campbell |
2009 |
Modeing
tidewater glacier retreat
as a possible mechanism for behavior of Crane Glacier,
Antarctica |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Peter
Sniffen |
2008 |
Dry
Calving at the Terminus of a
Polar Glacier, Taylor Glaciers, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Hassan
Basagic |
2008 |
Quantifying
Twentieth Century
Glacier Change in the Sierra Nevada,
California |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Jan
Dougall |
2007 |
Downstream
effects of glaciers on
stream water quality |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Gretchen
Gebhardt |
2007 |
Glacial
Geology of the Mount Hood Upland Surface |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Keith
Jackson |
2007 |
The
mass wastage and flow of Eliot
Glacier, Mt. Hood, Oregon. |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Christine
LeDoux |
2007 |
A
boundary element model for
fracture propagation in the Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Hiram
Henry |
2006 |
A
study of the role of firn in the
melt season hydrology of temperate glaciers |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Amy
Ebnet |
2005 |
A
temperature-index model of melt
water in Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Shaun
Marcott |
2005 |
A
Tale of Three Sisters: Reconstructing the Holocene
Glacial History and Paleoclimate Record at Three Sisters Volcanoes,
Oregon. |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Robin
Johnston |
2004 |
Channel
Morphology and Surface Energy Balance on Taylor Glacier, Taylor
Valley, Antarctica |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Thomas
Nylen |
2004 |
Spatial
and Temporal Variations of Glaciers on Mount Rainier between 1913 and
1994 |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Sara
Frödin |
2003 |
The
Geometry and Hydraulics of
Englacial Conduits,
Storglaciären, northern Sweden (non-thesis project) |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Don
Lindsay |
2003 |
Hydrology
of an Outburst Floods at
Kennicott Glacier, Alaska |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Michele
Cunico |
2003 |
The
Mechanical Response of the Ice
Dam to the Outburst Floods at Kennicott Glacier, Alaska. |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
| Frank
Granshaw |
2002 |
Glacier
Change in the North Cascade National Park
Complex, Washington USA, 1958 to 1998 |
Web |
Thesis |
Journal |
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